Acute kidney injury is associated with a decrease in cortical renal perfusion during septic shock

Abstract Background Renal perfusion status remains poorly studied at the bedside during septic shock. We sought to measure cortical renal perfusion in patients with septic shock during their first 3 days of care using renal contrast enhanced ultrasound (CEUS). Methods We prospectively included 20 IC...

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Main Authors: Anatole Harrois, Nicolas Grillot, Samy Figueiredo, Jacques Duranteau
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-06-01
Series:Critical Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-018-2067-0